This traditional piece of equipment is given a place in most everyone’s backpack in Scandinavia when walking, skiing or climbing in the mountains. It provides superb protection against wind, and poor conditions. The Windsack is windproof and water repellent.
It has an extended range of applications: protection from the elements on a break, emergency bivouac in a sudden snow storm, a sleeping bag cover in a snow cave, or as a shelter from the wind when you are working on your tan! As a piece of safety equipment the windsack should always be given a place in your pack (in winter together with your snow shovel). It is excellent protection against hypothermia when you have to sit out a storm in the mountains. And it is so light that you do not have to do without it on any kind of trip.
Three people with smaller backpacks or two people with larger ones have room in a Windsack.
The Windsack is both roomy and light. Three people can use it without any problem. At the top there is a zipper with four runners allowing you to stick out your head or to vent out air. At the bottom hem there is a draw cord. The top corners have pockets for ski tips. |
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